Month: December 2015

El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark J. Seitz has written a post on his blog explaining the Roman Catholic church’s stance when it comes to immigrants. Read the post in full below. “Those who have known me through the years have known that I believe and am willing to defend all that the Catholic Church teaches,

The Bishop of El Paso’s Roman Catholic Diocese testified before a House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The subject? The tens of thousands of unaccompanied children who have been flocking to the United States from Central America. Bishop Seitz, who visited Central America seven months ago, spoke for just a few minutes at

El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark J. Seitz made a special trip to Artesia, N.M. on Saturday. He visited the Artesia Family Detention Facility and celebrated Mass with them. Seitz tweeted that there were 500 people there. “An honor to share their cross!” Seitz tweeted. This past summer, Seitz became one of the national faces of

Bishops, priests, and faithful from all over the borderland got together Saturday along the Sunland Park/Anapra border to remember the hundreds who have died or gone missing in their journeys between countries. “Our two cities are linked in so many ways,” said El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, one of the three co-celebrating the Mass. The

Pope Francis is visiting the United States four months after he released his encyclical, in which he spoke about the need to make changes to help our environment. Here in El Paso, the diocese is trying to practice what the pope preached. “As Catholics, we have an obligation to make sure our environment is safe

Nearly a hundred El Pasoans are about to embark on a religious journey they will treasure for the rest of their lives. They will be making the pilgrimage to Philadelphia, where they hope to see Pope Francis during his first trip to America as pope. Pope Francis will be in Philadelphia Sept. 26-27. The group

As a toddler, Peter M. Kolar would bang his hands on a toy piano, trying to coax out any kind of melody from the instrument. But it seems the toy was designed more to make noise and keep children occupied than bring beautiful music alive. The toy instrument ended up getting him hooked on music

A section of Mesa Street near North Desert Boulevard is closed until further notice. A water main break in the area on Tuesday afternoon closed the northbound lanes as El Paso Water Utilities repaired the break. The intersection between North Desert Boulevard and Remcon Circle is completely closed Wednesday in both northbound and southbound directions

“we’re defending the homeland we’re working to defeat isil at its core in syria and iraq.’ the pentagon announces new pans to take on isis in iraq–what that mean for u.s. forces. / plus— abc-7 is still waiting to learn the details of a crash that killed one person yesterday in west el paso. /

New changes in overtime pay and insurance could have small businesses tightening their budget next year. Tuesday evening local business leaders and members of “Home Grown El Paso” met to discuss the new changes. It’s a move by the Obama administration that could affect millions of people. Proposed are overtime eligibility for 47 percent of

to the state final four… looking to win its district opener against a very good bowie team.. let’s go to bowie high school… there’s andress head coach jim forbes… bowie was out to make a statement tonight… sergio marrufo… taking the contact and getting the score… later… andress on the run… great euro-step by eric

battle of i-10 gets renewed on the basketball court tomorrow night… the aggies are 4-2 while the miners are 6-0… the miners top priority will be to find a way to slow down pascal siakam… siakam has been off his rocker this season … he just won the wac player of the week award for

and insurance could have you tightening your budget next year. today local businesses leaders and members of “home grown el paso” met to discuss the ne changes. abc-7’s jerry najera is live to explain.. … it’s a move by the obama administration that could affect millions of people. a proposed overtime eligibility for 47% of

face to face with the district. today abc-7’s ashlie rodriguez learned — one school district in particular —- is going all out to make the experience exceptional. you’ve been to board meetings before. but ysleta isd is introducing new technology you won’t see anywhere else in the county. instead of flipping through paper agendas and

School Board meetings are when parents, kids and taxpayers come face to face with the district. ABC-7 learned one school district in particular is going all out to make the experience exceptional. The Ysleta Independent School District is introducing new technology you won’t see anywhere else in the county. Instead of flipping through paper agendas

ABC-7 has new information on an El Paso man who allegedly shot and killed his father last weekend. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 12000 block of Stansbury in Far East El Paso shortly after 11:30 p.m. Saturday. When they arrived, a woman told deputies that her son, 37-year-old Steven Apilado, shot and killed her

ABC-7 has an update on the New Years Day home invasion of MMA fighter Joseph Torrez. On Tuesday, Nathan Avalos entered a plea deal at Dona Ana County District Court. Avalos and three others were accused of breaking into Torrez’s home on Jan. 1, 2014. Avalos pleaded guilty to multiple felony accounts, including aggravated assault

El Paso City Council has approved the release of financing documents related to the Downtown baseball stadium. City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 1 voted to waive their attorney-client privilege and share with the city manager and the general public a report related to the sale of bonds for the ballpark. The privileged documents released are

The Las Cruces community is remembering the life of Roger Grays. Grays was an assistant football coach at Centennial High School and a physical education teacher at Desert Hills Elementary School. He died Monday after the truck he was riding in rolled off Interstate 25 on Thanksgiving morning. Grays was affectionately known as Coach Rogers.This

City Representative Larry Romero said he had nothing to gain if the City had hired his former business partner, Noe Hinojosa, and had only recommended Hinojosa’s company because of its good reputation and because “they’re good people.” “You all have me as the most powerful person here at City Hall. You all think I can

El Paso County has been working to create new pretrial services in the hopes of cutting down on jail expenses and the number of people in jail who are just awaiting trial. But now as the county gets closer to realizing those efforts, local defense attorneys are crying foul. Local criminal defense attorney Justin Underwood

el paso man accused of killing his own father this past weekend. tonight he’s being held on a one-million dollar bond. it happened late saturday night in far east el paso on the 12-thousand block of stansbury. responding sheriff’s deputies say a woman told them her son …37- year-old steven apilado…. shot and killed her

it was an accident thanksgiving day morning that has the centennial high school football team … and all of las cruces gathered in prayer tonight. one of their own, assistant coach roger grays died yesterday, four days after the truck he was riding in went off a rain covered i- 25 in las cruces. so

2nd Update: El Paso Water Utilities posted the following update on its Facebook page: #EPWU will have one eastbound lane open by 7PM tonight to help with traffic flow. Thank you for your patience and travel safe. 1st Update: ? El Paso Water Utilities posted the following on its Facebook page at about 5 p.m.

By KVIA General Manager, Kevin Lovell El Paso high school football teams have put their helmets and shoulder pads away now that Eastlake fell to Lake Dallas in a Class 5A regional semi-final game. Several El Paso teams did themselves proud this year. The most important test is victory against out-of-town opposition. Americas and Eastwood

A high school student was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after trying to burn himself. It happened during 2nd period at Irvin High School. A spokesman with the El Paso Independent School District told ABC-7 the 16-year-old tried to burn himself with a lighter. He was taken to University Medical Center to be treated.

MUSIC & DANCE UTEP Department of Music — Performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets (unless listed otherwise): $5 ($3 seniors, military, non-UTEP students) and free ages 6 and younger, UTEP students, faculty and staff). Information: 747-7795 or utep.edu/music.UTEP Virtuosi, under the direction of Lowell E. Graham, present a string